Sightings Archive

Parkgate: Mallard - 26 - E/NE, 0835-0838hrs (presumed Wentworth birds)

Parkgate; *Banana* plantation: Song Thrush - 6 - inc 2 'in' & 2 NE ; Redwing - 14 - 8 SW; 3 W; 3 E ; Long-tailed Tit - 3 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 - 2 W/NW; 1 SW ; Brambling - 1 - heard over ; Pied Wagtail - 2 - single 'alba' wagtails SW & SE ; Chaffinch - 7 - 5 S; 2 W ; Blackbird - 2 - dropped in from high, presumed migrants ; Pheasant - 1 - cock ; Greenfinch - 7 - inc 6 N/NW ; Woodpigeon - 140+ - E, inc a flock of c100 ; Lesser Redpoll - 13 - flock, W/SW ; Herring Gull - 6 - 3 NW; 3 SW ; Linnet - 1 - S ; Jackdaw - 3 - SE ; Kestrel - 1 - male ; Reed Bunting - 1 - SW ; Bullfinch - 2 ; Mallard - 3 - E/NE @ 0749hrs

Peat Pits: Golden Plover - 200 - 250

R Derwent, Grindleford: Dipper - 1 ; 321 - 1 - Flew over

Roundwood Golf course: Goldcrest - 2 ; Long-tailed Tit - 5 ; Siskin - 2 - SW ; Coal Tit - 2

The Common, Ecclesfield: Goldfinch - 23 - Flock overhead

Wharncliffe Chase (south): Kestrel - 1 juv. ; Woodpigeon - c350 - Flying east but looked to settle to roost in woods 17.00-17.30 ; Meadow Pipit - 10 ; Red-legged Partridge - 100+ - Game releases ; Robin - 7 ; 319 - 2 ; Linnet - 2 ; Jackdaw - c120 - Heading east to roost in several groups 17.00-18.20 ; Mallard - c30 - On flash ; Reed Bunting - 1 ; Fieldfare - 12 ; Stonechat - 2 ; Redwing - 2

White Edge Moor area: 324 - 9 - Red Deer 9, including one stag, opposite The Grouse Inn

Attercliffe: Lesser Black-backed Gull - c30 - inc J364V ringed Stavanger Norway in 2016, and seen here each year 2017-2020

Chapeltown: Whooper Swan - 10+ - 19.00 Heard flying low over house in SE direction on a broad front.

Ecclesall: Pink-footed Goose - 70 - c. flew E at 10:05 hrs

Firsby Res: Moorhen - 2 ; Grey Heron - 1 - small Res. ; Grey Wagtail - 1 ; Tawny Owl - 1 - Calling before sun rise. ; 319 - 2 - On telegraph pole together. ; Kestrel - 1 ; Jackdaw - 5 - Over calling. ; Starling - 20+ ; Jay - 1 ; Fieldfare - 30+ - Mixed flock with Redwing and Starling. ; Redwing - 25+ ; Red-legged Partridge - 7 - 3 +.4. ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Lesser Redpoll - 3 - Over. ; Chaffinch - 2 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2

Graves Park: 321 - 1 - bottom lake

Malin Bridge: Redwing - c14 - nocmig: 17 calls 00:00-04:00, 2 calls 19:00-23:00

R Don, Effingham St: Goosander - 1 - redhead

Ravenfield Park: Coot - 1 - Not common here. ; 319 - 1 ; Treecreeper - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 25+ ; Skylark - 20+ - Vocal and chasing over farmland near entrance. ; Meadow Pipit - 1 ; Linnet - 4 ; Goldfinch - 10+ ; Siskin - 2 ; Bullfinch - 1 ; Redwing - 15+ - Over.

Rawmarsh: Sparrowhawk - 1 - NE @ 1015hrs

Rawmarsh; Rockcliffe Road: Goldfinch - 11 - flock

Redmires Middle Res: Crossbill - 1 - over W

Redmires Res: Stonechat - 2 - middle res and track to Stanedge Pole ; Jackdaw - 40 - flew W ; Woodpigeon - 100 - flew SW ; Fieldfare - 70 - flew SW ; Redwing - 30 - flew SW

Shirecliffe: Peregrine - 1 - ad female over ; Common Buzzard - 1 - hunting over old tip ; Linnet - c35 ; Redwing - 3 ; Kestrel - 2 - m&f

Silverwood Lagoon: Coot - 18 ; Moorhen - 4 ; Little Grebe - 4 ; Black-headed Gull - c.90 ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 ; Mallard - 6 ; Mute Swan - 8 - 6 juvs. now flying ; Fieldfare - 2 ; Redwing - 7 ; Siskin - 3 ; Grey Wagtail - 1 - over ; Common Buzzard - 2